Nashville · the midpoint
Nashville is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, located on the Cumberland River. Read more →
Meet halfway between Dallas and Washington
The fair place to meet is Nashville, TN — the city closest to the midpoint of Dallas and Washington. From the farther side that’s about 12 hr 55 min of driving.
Recommended midpoint
Nashville, TN
From Dallas
12 hr 55 min
616 mi to Nashville
From Washington
11 hr 52 min
566 mi to Nashville
Washington has the shorter trip; the split is off by about 1 hr 3 min. The alternatives below can even it out. Dallas and Washington are about 1,182 miles apart.
More meetups from Dallas
Meeting in Nashville
Dallas and Washington are about 1,182 miles apart by road. Split the difference and you arrive near Nashville, the city closest to the halfway point between them. That puts roughly 12 hr 55 min of driving on the Dallas side and 11 hr 52 min on the Washington side — the fairest single meeting point among the cities near the middle.
Over this distance most people will fly rather than drive the whole way. Nashville still makes a fair, central place for Dallas and Washington to converge, splitting the travel instead of asking one side to cross the country.
If Nashville doesn't have what you're after, Birmingham and Louisville are also close to the midpoint and worth a look — each keeps the drive reasonably balanced between Dallas and Washington.
About the cities
Dallas
Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. Located in the state's northern region, it is the ninth-most populous city in the United States and third-most populous city in Texas, with a population of 1.3 million at the 2020 census. Read more →
Washington
Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia and commonly known as simply Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. Read more →
City descriptions adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); photos via Wikimedia Commons, credited above.
Questions
- Where is the halfway point between Dallas and Washington?
- Nashville, TN is closest to the geographic midpoint, which makes it the fairest place to meet.
- How far apart are they?
- About 1,182 miles by road.
- How long is the drive to meet in the middle?
- Roughly 12 hr 55 min from the farther city to Nashville.
Estimates use straight-line distance and typical road speeds; real drive times vary with route and traffic.